Resource Alert-Information on funding and other resources for non-profit groups

From: "Owen,Rochelle [Dartmouth]" <Rochelle.Owen@EC.GC.CA>
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Resource Alert - Information on funding and other resources for
non-profit groups. 


Funding
The Urban Issues Program sponsored by the Samuel and Saidye Bronfman
Family Foundation supports projects that unite urban conservation with
community development. They only offer funding once every three years.
The next deadline is March 1, 1999.  Successful proposals will be
eligible for Foundation support up to $30,000 annually for one to three
years. 
 
Community groups can apply.  Groups must make sure that their proposal
involves at least one partner with a current Revenue Canada charitable
organization number.
 
The program promotes urban heritage conservation by communities and
supports activities to increase: community awareness of the
decision-making processes which influence and change urban environments;
knowledge of how changes to the physical and natural environments affect
social, economic and political development of the community and its
environs; community understanding of how social, economic and political
changes affect the physical and natural environment; and the citizenry's
capability to develop and implement urban  conservation policies which
result in the future well-being of their communities.

In the past they have funded a broad range of activities including
community planning processes, alternative transportation programs, green
zones, community-based housing, community theater for social change,
etc.,   

A call for proposals will be sent out in September.  Call the contact
below to get yourself on the mailing list to receive a copy.  Also ask
for a list of past funded projects; this will give you a better idea of
the types of projects they have funded.  Keep in mind that they do not
fund a large number of initiatives. They funded 16 groups in 1993 and 6
in 1996.  And I am sure they will receive a lot of applications.
However, the potential for $30,000 a year over three years for a
community/neighborhood-based project may be well worth the effort. CAP
has books we can lend you on grant proposal writing if you are
interested.

Contact:
Gisèle Rucker, Assistant Executive Director
Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation
1170 Peel Street, 8th floor
Montreal, Quebec  H3B 4P2
Phone: (514) 878-5270  Fax: (514) 878-5293


Internet Access for the Voluntary Sector: 
The Voluntary Sector Network Support Program (VolNet) is a new Industry
Canada initiative to improve the voluntary sector's access to
information technology and related skills and tools. It will provide
charitable and selected non-profit organizations with access to the
Internet, computer equipment, new information technologies, network
support and Internet skills development. VolNet is being developed as we
speak.  For more info, check out their website at: http://www.volnet.org

Useful Internet Sites:
For quick access to federal, provincial and municipal governments try:
http://library.uwaterloo.ca:80/discipline/Government/CanGuide/  or
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/cangov/egovinfo.htm
 
For a selection of sites sponsored by the federal government and/or
private industry for employment opportunities, work programs and job
search assistance for youth ages 16 - 30 try: 
http://www.ns.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/english/jobs/youth.htm  Many groups can
use these programs to help with staffing.  This is the Nova Scotia Human
Resource Development's home page. Go back to the core part of the
address and you can get the national page and from there your province. 

Non-Profit Nuts & Bolts web page.  This group aims to provide non-profit
executives and staff with practical management tips to build a better
organization.  They have free publications on issues like board
development, through to fundraising.  You can also join and receive
newsletter. http://www.nutsbolts.com/


Bye for now Rochelle

_________________________________
Rochelle Owen
Community Animation Program
5th Floor, Queen Square
45 Alderney Drive
Dartmouth, N.S.
B2Y 2N6
902-426-2578 (ph)
902-426-2062 (fax)
http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/action21/home.html

CAP Atlantic provides information, training and animation to community
groups working on issues that link human health and the environment. 

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